The Borneo Post

Sabah vaccinatio­n rate to be doubled — Health director

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KOTA KINABALU: Efforts are being made to double the vaccinatio­n rate at all vaccine administra­tion centres (PPVs) in Sabah, especially at areas with high population, said state health director Dr Rose Nani Mudin.

She said as of July, Sabah had received more than 700,000 doses of vaccines.

“We are working on doubling the vaccine administra­tion rate at all PPVs, particular­ly those with high population,” she said after paying a courtesy call on Head of State Tun Juhar Mahiruddin here yesterday.

Dr Rose said the drastic increase of Covid-19 cases in Sabah in the past two days was caused by the spread of the virus among prison inmates.

“When there are Covid-19 cases in prison, the Ministry of Health (MOH) will widen its screening to all inmates which results in a drastic increase in the number of cases.

“We are aware that prisons are confined spaces where infections could spread easily,” she said.

On vaccinatin­g prison inmates, she said the Health Department was currently expediting the administra­tion of vaccine to the people in Sabah.

“Our goal is to vaccinate as many people as fast as we can. However, we are still waiting for

the supply of vaccine as we need to give attention and priority to states with extremely high number of cases.”

On another note, Dr Rose urged Muslims to comply with the standard operating procedures

(SOPs) during Aidiladha today, including wearing face masks, maintainin­g physical distancing and washing hands regularly to protect themselves, their family and community against Covid-19.

 ??  ?? Juhar receives a souvenir from Dr Rose during the courtesy visit.
Juhar receives a souvenir from Dr Rose during the courtesy visit.

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